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squat

Definition

verb: to bend your knees and lower your body so that you are close to your heels or sitting on your heels
verb: to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
adjective: sitting with the haunches close above the heels
adjective: short and thick
often + 'down'
synonyms: cower, cowering, crouching

Examples

a 'squatting' position [=a position in which you are squatting]
He loved his job even though it didn't pay 'diddly-squat'.
A family has been 'squatting' in that house for months.

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Movie quotes

(..) I'm sorry, that's incorrect. AA, if you can answer correctly, the match is yours. He doesn't have it. He's got squat. AA, I need your answer. The answer is minus eight pi alpha. Hang on a second. That's not our answer. - What are you doing? (..)
2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Bat Jar Conjecture Season: 1 Episode 13